University Minority Mentor Program (UMMP)
Welcome
Welcome to the 2008-2009 University Minority Mentor Program (UMMP)! This program is a valuable opportunity for you to enhance your experience at the University of Florida. Whether you are participating as a student mentee or as a faculty/staff mentor, you are embarking on a journey that promises rich rewards.
Being involved in a mentoring relationship opens up the opportunity for first year students to deepen their relationship with the University of Florida and to jump start their academic careers by gaining insight and receiving support from mentors. For faculty and staff who serve as mentors, UMMP offers a unique way to forge meaningful connections with individual students, potentially making a difference in the lives of mentees while adding meaning to their own lives.
As we all know, successfully completing an undergraduate education is more important than ever for one's future. And yet, college is not easy for most of us. For those students who are coming from historically disadvantaged communities, who continue to experience discrimination and racism, who still have too few role models who look like them, and/or who don't have family members who have been to college, college can be even more challenging. UMMP is just one program among many at the University of Florida which specifically aims to make the goal of achieving a college degree more attainable, and enjoyable, for minority and first generation college students.
UMMP works because you work - you work at making connections, you offer support and ask for it when you need it, you take the time to enjoy getting to know one another, and you continually motivate and inspire each other by example. Thank you to mentees and mentors alike for your ongoing commitment to UMMP and to each other!
Tamara Cohen
Assistant Dean, Director
University Minority Mentors Program (UMMP)
University Minority Mentor Program (UMMP) Student Application
University Minority Mentor Program (UMMP) Mentor Application